TITLES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Director, Behavioral Neuroscience
Co-Director, Center for Attention, Learning, & Memory
ACADEMIC SCHOOL
School of Arts & Sciences
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
Psychology
OFFICE LOCATION
De La Roche 100 G
COURSES TAUGHT
- PSYC 101. An Introduction to Psychology
- PSYC 302. Experimentation in Human Memory and Cognition (laboratory)
- PSYC 422. Cognition
ACADEMIC DEGREES
- Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, Purdue University, 2013
- Dissertation: Interest as a Cue for Metacognitive Control
- M.S., Cognitive Psychology, Purdue University 2010
- Thesis: Analogical Problem Solving and Prospective Memory
- B.S., Psychology, Indiana University, 2008
- Thesis: Working Memory Training and Implicit Learning
- B.A., Linguistics, Indiana University, 2008
OTHER EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Honors and Awards:
- Leo F. Keenan Jr. Faculty Appreciation Award, 2015
- Sigma Xi Graduate Student Research Award, 2012
- David A. Santogrossi Graduate Instructor Award, 2012
- Graduate School Summer Research Grant, 2012
- Departmental Award for Graduate Research Innovation, 2011
- Excellence in Research Award, Indiana University, 2008
Publications:
- Conway, C. M., Bauernschmidt, A., Huang, S. S., & Pisoni, D.B. (2010). Implicit statistical learning in language processing: Word predictability is the key. Cognition, 114, 356-371.
- Karpicke, J. D., & Bauernschmidt, A. (2011). Spaced Retrieval: Absolute Spacing Enhances Learning Regardless of Relative Spacing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(5), 1250-1257.
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS/PROJECTS
- Human learning and memory
- Applying cognitive science to education
- Complex learning and comprehension
- Problem solving
- Metacognition and self-regulated learning
PERSONAL INTERESTS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
WEB & DOCUMENT LINKS